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minus-squarefalseWhite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoPussy = coward. And that is what they are - cowards hiding behind masks.
minus-squaretree_frog_and_rain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 hours agoThey are cowards. And calling them that carries more weight to be honest. Calling someone a pussy is comparing them to folks genitals. And if you’ve ever seen someone give birth, you know pussies are far braver than dicks.
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoI always thought it came from pussy(cat), like scaredy-cat Also, fun fact! The word “puss” for cat probably comes from “pspsps” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 hours agopusillanimous - lacking courage, cowardly
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agohttps://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24012 There’s no positive evidence for the pusillanimous → pussy derivation as a genuine historical source — it seems to be a sporadic folk etymology.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 hours agoIt’s from the word pusillanimous
Pussy = coward. And that is what they are - cowards hiding behind masks.
They are cowards. And calling them that carries more weight to be honest.
Calling someone a pussy is comparing them to folks genitals. And if you’ve ever seen someone give birth, you know pussies are far braver than dicks.
I always thought it came from pussy(cat), like scaredy-cat
Also, fun fact! The word “puss” for cat probably comes from “pspsps”
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss
pusillanimous - lacking courage, cowardly
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24012
It’s from the word pusillanimous